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24 March 2015

Say Cheese!

Today's Ten on Tuesday topic is: Your 10 Favorite Cheeses.

For as long as I can remember, I have been a cheese lover. If I didn't love it so very much, I could possibly consider becoming a vegan. But a) I don't really want to, and b) I love cheese too much to give it up easily.

Anyway, in no particular order, and as they came into my brain, here is my list:

1. Swiss cheese.

2. Cream cheese.

3. Cottage cheese and ricotta cheese. Different cheeses, but a similar category of cheese to me.

4. Cheddar cheese - particularly horseradish cheddar!

5. Sharp provolone - I like regular provolone, but given a choice, I'll take sharp.

6. Brie cheese. A few years back, a friend of mine sent us a 2-pound wheel of brie cheese for Christmas. Trust me, that's a LOT of brie. However, we made the sacrifice necessary and finished it ...

7. Blue cheese and gorgonzola cheese. Though they are different cheeses, I think of them as similar, and love them both.

8. Smoked gouda.

9. Mozzarella - especially those fresh mozzarella bites you can get at cheese shops!

10. Parmigiano Reggiano - this is my favorite cheese to put on the top of pasta.

So many more cheeses ... there are not many that I *don't* like, and my "favorite" changes pretty regularly!

I like all those cheeses you list, but I think my favorite is cream cheese. I could eat that stuff with a spoon! Whenever I bake a cake, it MUST go with cream-cheese frosting or it doesn't get made. I could eat that stuff with a spoon, too (and often do!). I love brie almost any way, but especially baked in puff pastry, with a fruit & pecan sauce topping. Yum!!